A few months back National Grid sent our road a letter saying they were going to "renew the old pipe" which delivers gas to your property" within the next few months. And would need to gain access simply to turn the supply on and off at the meter.
The meter is a Parkinson Cowan dial meter and was fitted around 30 years ago. Which I thought meant renewing the gas main under the road. (There was a leak a while back and that's where it was). All the houses in this road were built around
1925-30. Last week a chap called and said they may need to install an outside meter, replacing the present indoor meter as well.. When I asked why he says it would be necessary if they couldn't insert the liner (which they apparently are going to fit in the supply pipe) all the way along to the meter. The problem is that my present meter is at the back of a built-in cupboard. It can be read easily enough and the supply lever is easily reached to disconnect the supply. But as things stand the cupboard would need to be dismantled/destroyed if it was necessary to physically disconnect the old meter.My question is, is there something simple they can do to permanently bypass the meter by making some simple but permanent adjustment ? Which wouldn't necessitate dismantling the built in cupboard.
Thank you
Kevin Miller